Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire

By Michael Dobbs

The author of this volume was present during the final decade of the Soviet empire, first for Reuters, then for the "Washington Post". While Dobbs watched, playwrights and elctricians were transformed into presidents, while Communist Party leaders became jailbirds or newly-minted tycoons. He identifies the seeds of destruction, and shows how Mikhail Gorbachev, in particular, was the unwitting inspiration for the upheaval of the empire, while he thought he could save the Communist Party by reforming it.;Dobbs' conclusion is that though Big Brother may be dead, his dark legacy is still alive in the turbulence in Russia, Romania, Bosnia and other countries that once made up the most brutal empire of the 20th century.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Oct 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781408851029

Michael Dobbs

Bestselling author Michael Dobbs was at Mrs Thatcher’s side as she took her first step into Downing Street as Prime Minister and was a key aide to John Major when he was voted out. In between times he was bombed in Brighton, banished from Chequers and blamed for failing to secoure a Blair-Major television debate. He is now one of the country’s leading political commentators.

Reviews for Down with Big Brother

[蔡乾元 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The fall of an evil empire, the victory of human rights and liberty!

[1randal-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Outstanding! An excellent history of the fall of the Soviet Union by a man who was there to observe it in person. Highly recommend.